All-weather top for automobiles



Jul l 1927.

y 9 G. M. BAILEY ALL WEATHER TOP FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Feb. 19. 1925 oryel. En@ .my

Patented July 19, 1927.

GEORGE M. BAiLEY, or GRACEMONT, oxmnomt i ALL-WEATHER TQP FR AUTOMOBILES.

Application led IFel'nual'y 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,338.

- This invention relates to all weathergtops for Ford cars.

The object of, the invention is to provide an attachment for Ford car tops whereby an Vopen car may be converted into a closed car for winter use and an open car for summer use.

' Another object is to so construct such means that it may be applied to anordinary Ford car top ywithout therein. L v

Another object is to provide an attach-A ment of this character equipped with hinged doors and glass windows which when in use may be readily opened and which converts the ordinary top of a Ford touring or runabout car into an air-tight closed-in allweather car. v

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de-.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the i Figure 5 is an elevational view ofthe upper supporting bar.

The attachment constituting this invention comprises side members 1 which are exact-ly alike except thath they are made rights and lefts one for veach side of the car and hence one only will be described in` detail. Each side closure for the car top com.

prises a rear section 2 intermediate section 3 and front section 4 mounted in a suitable frame, the upper bar 5 of which is designed to be located under the side edge of the top T,

'as is shown clearly in Fig. 3. This upper barl 5 is provided with a cut out portion 5 disposed-intermediate the ends of the bar, and cut out portions 6 and 7 on opposite sides of the cut out ortion 5', the lower outer edge of the bar eing cut away as atv 12l so as is shownclearly in Fig. l.

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tachment, and also for t curtain section 2'which is snapped onto saidV that the doors of the car may swing therein and be yflush with the uprights to be hereinafter more fully described. A front upright 6 isvbolted to the front end of the bar 5,.the same being held ywithin the'lcutfout portion 7 and to the car body at the frontthereof Another upright 7 is also bolted at its upper end to the longitudinally extending side bar land at its lower end tothe car body between the front andl rear doors of the car. lAnother upright 8 is secured at its upper end to the har 1 and at its lower end to the car bod at the rear of the back door of the car. Thls upright 8 forms a support for the rear hinged door 9 constitutln apart of the ate triangular rear member 8 and to the bow o shown clearl in Fig. 1. y

The uprigiit 7 which like uprights 8 and 6 is preferably composed of wood, forms the, support for the front door 10 of the attachment which is hinged thereto and also is designed to be engaged by the lock carried on the reardoor 9.

Both the rear door 9 and the front door 10 are equipped with glass windows l1v and 12 respectively which are mounted 'to slide up and down in said doors and are constructed so that no rattling will occur A curtain 13 snaps onto the front portion of the car as is usual with curtains of present construction and onto the upright 6` forming an air-tight closure between said upright and the windshield.

The nprights 6, 7 and 8 are not only bolt-- ed to the bar 1 but to the longitudinal side bar of the car top. These uprights are preferably made of wood while the doors9 and 10 are constructed of tin or other suitable sheet-metal on the outside while the inside is covered with paper-board put together with screws and glue similar to the Ford car doors as now made. Each fof the windows of the car doors is provided at its uperV end with a suitable latch shown at 14 in ig. 3 designed for securing the windows in closed position.

From the above description it will be obvious that this improved top attachment the car as isv `may be readily applied without in any way changing the top of the car except to drill a few holes in the longitudinal sldebar or bow of the top and in the top of the car body, the snaps now found on the front upnov roadster the front door section and the front` and rear curtains 13 and 2 respectively are the only parts used.

It will thus be seen that this convertible top attachment may be comparatively cheaply constructed and readily applied and it may be left in place during summer Weather if desired or removed, the Windows and the doors being opened Will permit ventilation or' the car and yet it will be protect ed during rains, storms and the like.

I claim yIn a device of the character described, an upper bar adapted to be securedV to a motor vehicle adjacent to the top thereof and Within the confines of the sides of the top, said bar yhaving a substantially Wide central cut out portion and having cut out portions disposed on opposite sides of the central cut out portion, .uprights having their upper ends Vsecured Within the out out portions,

said bar-having av longitudlnal out out portlon formed along the lower edge, closures having fslidablewindows and having pockets to receive the Windows, means for hingedly connecting the 4closures to the uprights, said closures being constructed so that the `upper edges thereof Will move into the longitudinal cut out portion, the lower ends of the closures and uprights overlying the uppel edge ofy lthe body of the car to which the device is secured.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signuture.

GEORGE M. BAILEY. 

